Is the Obama presidency changing young people’s views on racial matters?

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Oct 30, 2013 at 6:17 PMOct 30, 2013 at 7:34 PM

It probably takes more than a few years, perhaps even decades, for the overall effects of any American presidency on the nation’s culture to become clear to social and political scientists, and the White House tenure of Barack Obama would seem to be no exception. After all, the man has not yet completed the fifth of his eight years on the job.

But early signs of Obama’s influence on racial attitudes already are emerging, as we see HERE:

Decades of political science research show that political attitudes can be strongly affected by the events we experience in adolescence and ...

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Pat Cunningham

It probably takes more than a few years, perhaps even decades, for the overall effects of any American presidency on the nation’s culture to become clear to social and political scientists, and the White House tenure of Barack Obama would seem to be no exception. After all, the man has not yet completed the fifth of his eight years on the job.

But early signs of Obama’s influence on racial attitudes already are emerging, as we see HERE:

Decades of political science research show that political attitudes can be strongly affected by the events we experience in adolescence and ...

Read more

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